Well, it’s my weekend. It was a short week thankfully. Work has been overly stressful as of late. The irony is it isn’t the callers that are causing it. Management is trying to stop the bleed off of employees by implementing a new schedule that has most of the members very upset. Personally, I don’t care however, I live in the city, have no kids and it really isn’t a burden for me. Not so for the bulk of our work force. Seventy percent of the employees live outside the city, some as far away as Sacramento. This new longer schedule will push some to quit or retire. We are already facing critically low numbers, we really can’t afford to lose anyone else.
The new director means well but she is out of touch w/the center and is trying to patch the problem w/ideas from her previous and much smaller comm. center. I pray nothing critical happens in SF as we are woefully underprepared. If something like Katrina happened here, while I’m quite sure the delay would not be the same, our center would probably collapse under the extra burden.
With that in mind, I’m starting to check out surrounding agencies to see what kind of lateral programs they offer. The sheer lack of concern and respect has really begun to weigh on me and I’m fed up.
if it was your direct boss whos giving these orders you can talk to him with the other guys.
SACRAMENTO? W…T…F? Actually i used to work with someone who commuted from Modesto…about as far. it’s insane, and why I had to move away from my native city. i could no longer afford it.
Ever notice that when an organization gets screwed up, it’s the good employees who jump ship, leaving the incompetents to mess things up further (and so on, and so on…….).
But, you don’t want to be driving or commuting to another agency, do you? You have it so great being close to work and all. I’m afraid that being unprepared is a way of horrible life for most of us on this planet. We never learn.
Well Moby, try to enjoy your weekend. Good luck on your “lateral move” search. I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you.
You should come visit me for a guaranteed non-stressful weekend!